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| The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration | ||||
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| Live album by various artists | ||||
| Released | August 24, 1993 (1993-08-24) | |||
| Recorded | October 16, 1992 | |||
| Venue | Madison Square Garden, New York City | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 148:24 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Bob Dylan chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  [2] |
The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration is a live double-album release in recognition ofBob Dylan's 30 years as a recording artist. Recorded on October 16, 1992, atMadison Square Garden inNew York City, it captures most of the concert, which featured many artists performing classic Dylan songs, before ending with three songs from Dylan himself.
The house band for the show were the surviving members ofBooker T. & the M.G.'s:Booker T. Jones on organ,Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass, andSteve Cropper on guitar. Joining them was drummerAnton Fig filling in for the lateAl Jackson, plus drummerJim Keltner. LongtimeSaturday Night Live bandleader and initial lead guitar player in Dylan'sNever Ending TourG. E. Smith served as the music director of the whole event as well as a sideman on guitar and mandolin for several artists. Background singers wereSheryl Crow andSue Medley among others.
The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration, which reached No. 40 (in the US and went gold), was released in August 1993 just before Dylan was about to deliver his second folk studio set inside of a year,World Gone Wrong. The concert was dubbed "Bobfest" byNeil Young at the beginning of his "All Along the Watchtower" cover.
A VHS collection of the same name was released on August 25, 1993. On March 4, 2014, the concert was released in Deluxe Edition 2-DVD and Blu-ray sets with bonus performances and behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage, as well as a 2-CD set with two bonus rehearsal tracks.
All tracks are written by Bob Dylan.
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Like a Rolling Stone" | John Cougar Mellencamp | 6:53 |
| 2. | "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" | John Cougar Mellencamp | 4:20 |
| 3. | "Introduction" | Kris Kristofferson | 0:55 |
| 4. | "Blowin' in the Wind" | Stevie Wonder | 8:53 |
| 5. | "Foot of Pride" | Lou Reed | 8:47 |
| 6. | "Masters of War" | Eddie Vedder andMike McCready ofPearl Jam | 5:06 |
| 7. | "The Times They Are A-Changin'" | Tracy Chapman | 3:01 |
| 8. | "It Ain't Me Babe" | June Carter Cash andJohnny Cash | 3:50 |
| 9. | "What Was It You Wanted" | Willie Nelson | 5:47 |
| 10. | "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" | Kris Kristofferson | 3:04 |
| 11. | "Highway 61 Revisited" | Johnny Winter | 5:05 |
| 12. | "Seven Days" | Ronnie Wood | 5:26 |
| 13. | "Just Like a Woman" | Richie Havens | 5:50 |
| 14. | "When the Ship Comes In" | The Clancy Brothers,Robbie O'Connell andTommy Makem | 4:23 |
| 15. | "You Ain't Going Nowhere" | Mary Chapin Carpenter,Rosanne Cash andShawn Colvin | 3:52 |
| 16. | "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (rehearsal bonus track from the 2014 Remastered Deluxe Edition) | Eric Clapton | 6:27 |
| Total length: | 81:39 | ||
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" | Neil Young | 5:38 |
| 2. | "All Along the Watchtower" | Neil Young | 6:20 |
| 3. | "I Shall Be Released" | Chrissie Hynde | 4:26 |
| 4. | "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" | Eric Clapton | 6:09 |
| 5. | "Emotionally Yours" | The O'Jays | 5:43 |
| 6. | "When I Paint My Masterpiece" | The Band | 4:23 |
| 7. | "Absolutely Sweet Marie" | George Harrison | 4:43 |
| 8. | "License to Kill" | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 4:52 |
| 9. | "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 4:44 |
| 10. | "Mr. Tambourine Man" | Roger McGuinn with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 4:10 |
| 11. | "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" | Bob Dylan | 6:21 |
| 12. | "My Back Pages" | Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton and George Harrison | 4:39 |
| 13. | "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" | All | 5:38 |
| 14. | "Girl from the North Country" | Bob Dylan | 5:12 |
| 15. | "I Believe in You" (rehearsal bonus track from the 2014 Remastered Deluxe Edition) | Sinéad O'Connor | 6:20 |
| Total length: | 79:18 | ||
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[3] video | Gold | 7,500^ |
| United States (RIAA)[4] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
